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i JAMES I. IVINTZ, OF CHARLESTON, VES'I VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-TIIIRD TO JOI-IN O. FLYNN, OE SAME PLAGE.

PISTOL OR lVlACE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,000, dated October25, 1887.

Application filed March Q4, 1887.

T all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES P. WINTZ, of` Charleston, in the county ofKanawha and State of fest Virginia, have invented a new and usefulIn'lprovement in Pistol or Mace Holders, of which the following-is aspeciiication. A

' My invention is an improved holder intended especially forA use insecuring pistols Io or maees or billies, and seeks to provide a holderont of which the object secured can be removed laterally aswell as inthe ordinary manuel'.

The invention consists in certain features of i5 construction and novelcombinations of parts, as will be described, and pointed out in theclaims. p

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improvement. Fig.2 is a side 2o elevation, part in section, and Eig. 3 is a horizontalsection, all of which will be described. The holder comprises a base orsupport, A, and a clip, B, secured at one end to the support and havingits other end spring-actu- 2 5 ated and being approximately conformed tothe object it is designed to hold, being curved at b,in the constructionshown, to fit the round police club or billy shown. It is preferred toform the extreme free edge of this clip on an 3c incline, as shown at O,for the reason that such formation produces a wedge su1face,wl1ichfacilitates the removal of the billy or other object secured, because ofsuch object, when properly manipulated,impinging the wedge surface andforcing the clip open.

. The support or base A is provided immediately below the free edge ofthe clip with a bearing at c, for the object being` secured,and isprovided with a vertical extension, D, of

4o such bearing, such extension being provided at its end with a keeper,d, which partially embraces the object being secured. By pref- SerialNo. 232,282. (No model.)

erence the seat c and extension D which obviously might be formedintegral with the base-plate, are formed of a separate plate, riveted orotherwise suitably secured to the main plate. For convenience inattaching the support to a belt, I usually provide it with loops at E,through which the belt is passed.

y By my invention the billy can be removed 5o inthe ordinary manner, orwhere in aseuffle this is notcouvenient or possible, it can be pushedback at its handle end and be freed from its support. Aside from theease with which the object may be removed under ordinary circumstances,the invention will be found particularly useful to an officer or otherperson in a scu'flie wherein it would be difficult to readily remove thebilly held by the ordinary loop-socket.

lThe main and clip plates at their bearing portions may loe covered, asshown, with leather or similar material to protect the object being wornfrom abrasion by contact with a metal surface.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new isl. A holdercomprising a base-plate hav ing at one end an extension, D, projectedfrom it at right angles tothe direction of its length, and thespring-clip secured at one end to the' base-plate at the end thereofopposite the extension D and having its opposite end free,allsubstantially as and for thepurposes specified.

2. The improved holder consisting ofthe main plate or support having anextension, D, provided with a keeper, d, and the clipplate secured atone end to the support and having its opposite end free, substantially'as set forth.

JAMES P. WINTZ. Witnesses:

W. A. UDIcK, J. E. CHILTON.

